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'''John Lester Nash Jr.''' (August 19, 1940{{spnd}}October 6, 2020)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/08/johnny-nash-obituary|title=Johnny Nash obituary|access-date=8 October 2020 |work=The Guardian |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=8 October 2020}}</ref> was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "[[I Can See Clearly Now]]".<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |editor=Colin Larkin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Virgin Books |date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=889}}</ref> Primarily a [[reggae]] and [[traditional pop|pop]] singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marley |first1=Rita |last2=Jones |first2=Hettie |title=No Woman No Cry |date=August 19, 2011 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |isbn=978-0-330-54174-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f0yjnVzkuPAC |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life==
Nash was born on August 19, 1940, in [[Houston]], Texas, the son of Eliza (Armstrong) and John Lester Nash.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDGP-CXM|title=FamilySearch: Sign In|website=[[FamilySearch]] }}</ref> He sang in the choir at Progressive New Hope Baptist Church in South Central Houston as a child.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="Milkowski">{{cite web |last1=Milkowski |first1=Holly |title=Black History Month Profile: Johnny Nash Jr. |url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Black-History-Month-Profile-Johnny-Nash-Jr-1682844.php |website=Houston Chronicle |access-date=June 5, 2020 |date=February 22, 2011}}</ref> Beginning in 1953, Nash sang covers of R&B hits on ''Matinee'', a local variety show on [[KPRC-TV]];<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last=Ankeny|first=Jason|title=Johnny Nash Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-nash-mn0000246628/biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Milkowski"/> from 1956 he sang on [[Arthur Godfrey]]'s radio and television programs for a seven-year period.<ref name="allmusic"/> Nash was married three times, and had two children.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Johnny Nash, singer of 'I Can See Clearly Now,' dies at 80|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009203809/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/johnny-nash-singer-now-dies-80-73464289|
archive-date=9 October 2020|access-date=8 ==Career==
===1950s===
Signing with [[ABC-Paramount]], Nash made his major label debut in 1957 with the single "A Teenager Sings the Blues". He had his first chart hit in early 1958 with a cover of [[Doris Day]]'s "A Very Special Love".<ref name="allmusic"/> Marketed as a rival to [[Johnny Mathis]], Nash also enjoyed success as an actor early in his career, appearing in the screen version of playwright [[Louis S. Peterson]]'s ''[[Take a Giant Step]]'' in 1959.<ref name="Larkin"/><ref name="allmusic"/> Nash won a Silver Sail Award for his performance from the [[Locarno International Film Festival]]. Nash continued releasing singles on a variety of labels such as Groove, [[Chess Records|Chess]], [[Argo Records|Argo]], and [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]<ref name="allmusic"/> The song "The Teen Commandments" by [[Paul Anka]], [[George Hamilton IV]], and Johnny Nash reached #14 on Canada's [[CHUM Chart]]s, December 15, 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/58-12-15-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - December 15, 1958|website=Chumtribute.com}}</ref>
===1960s===
Nash sang the theme song to the syndicated animated cartoon series ''[[The Mighty Hercules]]'', which ran on various television stations from 1963 to 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1635324/soundtrack|website=IMDb|title=Hercules Saves Helena|access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref>
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In 1965, Nash had a top five hit in the [[United States|US]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]], the ballad "Let's Move and Groove Together".<ref name="allmusic"/> It was just outside the Top 40 in Canada at #44.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Vol+4%2C+No.+8+-+Week+of+October+18th%2C+1965.pdf| title=RPM Magazine - October 18, 1965 - page 5}}</ref> That year, he and Sims moved to Jamaica.<ref name="Dansby">{{cite web |last1=Dansby |first1=Andrew |title=Johnny Nash's career 'Clearly' had more depth than one song |url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Johnny-Nash-s-career-Clearly-had-more-depth-3637089.php |website=Houston Chronicle |access-date=June 5, 2020 |date=June 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719133242/http://www.chron.com/news/article/Johnny-Nash-s-career-Clearly-had-more-depth-3637089.php |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their lawyer Newton Willoughby was the father of Jamaican radio host Neville Willoughby.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Howard |title=Max Romeo honours Neville Willoughby |url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091115/ent/ent6.html |website=Jamaica Gleaner |access-date=June 5, 2020 |date=November 15, 2009}}</ref> After selling off his old entertainment assets in New York, Sims opened a new music publishing business in Jamaica, Cayman Music.<ref name="Moskowitz"/> Nash planned to try breaking the local [[rocksteady]] sound in the United States.<ref name="Larkin"/> Around 1966 or 1967, Neville Willoughby took Nash to a [[Rastafarian]] party where [[Bob Marley|Bob Marley & The Wailing Wailers]] were performing.<ref name="Dansby"/><ref name="Moskowitz"/> Members [[Bob Marley]], [[Bunny Wailer]], [[Peter Tosh]], and [[Rita Marley]] introduced Nash to the local music scene.<ref name=LARB>{{cite web|last=Jelly-Schapiro|first=Joshua|title=Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Island Records|url=http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?type=&id=688&fulltext=1&media=|publisher=Los Angeles Review of Books|date=June 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709081953/http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?type=&id=688&fulltext=1&media=|archive-date=July 9, 2012}}</ref> Nash signed all four to an exclusive publishing contract with Cayman Music for [[Jamaican dollar|J$]]50 a week.<ref name="Moskowitz"/>
In 1967, Nash, Arthur Jenkins, and Sims collaborated to create a new label, [[JAD Records]] (after their first names Johnny, Arthur, and Danny), and recorded their albums at [[Ken Khouri|Federal Records]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]].<ref name="Moskowitz" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=White |first1=Timothy |title=Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley |date=2006 |publisher=Owl Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8050-8086-5 |page=227 |edition=revised and enlarged |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4nfr2cYAMQC&q=%22jad+records%22+1968&pg=PA227}}</ref> JAD released Nash's [[rocksteady]] single "[[Hold Me Tight (Johnny Nash song)|Hold Me Tight]]" in 1968; it became a top-five hit in both the U.S. and UK,<ref name="allmusic" /> and number 1 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+10-No.+11-November+11%2C+1968.pdf| title=RPM Magazine - November 11, 1968 - page 5}}</ref> The record sold well in Argentina. According to the January 25 issue of ''Cash Box'', both Nash's version and a version by [[Anthony Swete]] were selling strongly.<ref>''Cash Box'', January 29, 1969 - [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-01-25.pdf Page 76 Cash Box '
===1970s===
In 1971, Nash scored another UK hit with his cover of Marley's "[[Stir It Up]]".<ref name="allmusic" />
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After a cover of Sam Cooke's "[[Wonderful World (Sam Cooke song)|Wonderful World]]" in 1976 and "Let's Go Dancing" in 1979, for many years Nash seemed to have dropped out of sight.
===1980s–1990s===▼
▲===1980s–1990s===
Nash had a brief resurgence in the mid-1980s with the album ''Here Again'' (1986), which was preceded by the minor UK hit, "Rock Me Baby". Younger audiences were introduced to Nash's music with the appearance of [[Jimmy Cliff]]'s cover of "I Can See Clearly Now" in Disney's 1993 hit film ''[[Cool Runnings]]'', and Nash's original version appeared over the opening scene of [[John Cusack|John Cusack's]] 1997 film, ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank|Grosse Point Blank]]''.<ref>{{Cite
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===Soundtrack===
Nash sang the theme song for the television cartoon series ''[[The Mighty Hercules]]'', which aired in first-run syndication from 1963 to 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1960s/mighty-hercules/|title=Mighty Hercules, The |website=Nostalgiacentral.com|date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theclassicrocker.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/162-the-mighty-hercules-theme-song/|title=#162 – The Mighty Hercules Theme Song|website=Theclassicrocker.wordpress.com|date=February 23, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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